they discounselled jimmy carter, bill clinton, george w. bush. all had successful careers, and so many candidates the main dream media loves they go down in a ball of flames and in 2008, everybody was 'tapping hillary clinton. >> you mentioned bill clinton the modern-day of the left, and i can remember headline office him runnin' 1992 when his affairs and everything else. he didn't have any chance at all and he was going up against a very popular incumbent. so he was political dead meat and then he became the president. >> can i say something. sitting in the "washington post" newsroom and writing things like this is the last place on earth to understand presidential politics, shaping the future. the which will phoning for all candidates is at a unique moment in history. we have only nonincumbent election, something is going on. the country is dissatisfied. if the run -- republicans run the traditional candidates they'll law enforcement -- they'll lose. donald trump, he said differently? i was reading the news -- she didn't mention what he said, a